Sorry guys, I didn't realise I actually sent this, it was part of an email I was putting together to achieve consistency in the scripts, but I thought I cancelled it when it got late in the morning.
My apologies. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Reading through the script files again, there seems to be several > > different methods of doing the same thing : > > > > i.e. if [ -x "$self_path/postmaster" ] && [ -x "$self_path/psql" ]; > > then > > The above semicolon is useless. Actually, I have never see this. The > normal way is: > > if [ -x "$self_path/postmaster" -a -x "$self_path/psql" ] > > > > > or > > > > if [[ -x "$self_path/postmaster" && -x "$self_path/psql" ]]; then > > I usually do: > > if [ ... ] > then > > Pretty simple. > > > > > > > > > > > if [ x"$foo" = x"" ]; then > > > > or > > > > if [ "$op" = "" ]; then > > This is done if you think $op may have a leading dash. > > > > > or > > > > if [ "$foo" ]; then > > > > This tests whether "$foo" is not equal to "". > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
